Author in fancy gear entertaining actor who is poor and inexperienced (6,6)
I believe the answer is:
graham greene
'author' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Author of 4 ' mean 'graham greene' so perhaps 'author' could also mean 'graham greene')
'fancy gear entertaining actor who is poor and inexperienced' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'actor' could be 'ham' (ham actor is a kind of actor) and 'ham' is located in the answer.
an anagram of 'gear' is 'agre' which is within the left over letters.
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'gree' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for graham greene that I've seen before include "Novelist, who wrote..." , "Author of 4" , "Brighton Rock author" , "Author of Our Man in Havana" .)